Spects Charged Connectn to Deadly Dgggs at N.Y.C. Gay Bars

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• NEW YORK CY GAY MUNY ON HIGH ALERT AFTER STRG OF ALLEGED DGGGS, ROBBERI AND AT LEAST TWO ATHS
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• NYPD IS VTIGATG A STRG OF ASSLTS POTENTIALLY LKED TO ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN
• SEVERAL SPECTS CHARGED CONNECTN WH DEADLY DGGGS AND ROBBERI AT N.Y.C. GAY BARS
• ‘ROOFIE ROBBER’ SPREE TURNS ADLY AS 2 KILLED NYC DGGG ATTACKS ON GAY MEN
• DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
• SEVERAL FACE CHARG KILLGS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED AND ROBBED
• FIVE MEN WERE CHARGED FOR DGGG AND ROBBG VICTIMS AT GAY BARS, TWO OF WHOM DIED
• DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?

NEW YORK CY GAY MUNY ON HIGH ALERT AFTER STRG OF ALLEGED DGGGS, ROBBERI AND AT LEAST TWO ATHS

The New York Cy Police Department is vtigatg a strg of cints which gay men say they were dgged at bars and left wh massive unthorized bank acunt whdrawals.

At least two other gay men were disvered ad wh spic bank whdrawals, acrdg to fay members who are soundg the alarm on their aths.

"Umberger, 33, was disvered ad an Upper East Si townhoe May after he left a gay club Hell’s Kchen wh a group of other men, the New York Tim reported Saturday.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Jt a month earlier, another man named Jul Ramirez, 25, died the back of a b after leavg a gay bar wh a group of men jt blocks om where Umberger had spent the eveng before his both s, the men’s cellphon were missg when their bodi were disvered. MULTIPLE BRICK-THROWING INCIDENTS REPORTED AT NYC GAY BAR John Umberger died May 2022 Manhattan.

"VIDEO SHOWS SUSPECT IN NYC GAY BAR ATTACKThe New York Cy Police Department told Fox News Digal on Monday that Ramirez’s and Umberger’s aths "are currently unr vtigatn and the medil examer will terme their of ath. The Rz Bar and Lounge Manhattan (Google Maps)Other men, however, have also reported beg dgged and robbed of fanc after a night out at a gay bars and clubs Manhattan.

"After wakg up, he disvered $2, 000 had been transferred out of his acunts through Paypal and Zelle apps on his New York Tim spoke to five men who said they were dgged at gay bars the cy and then robbed.

NYPD IS VTIGATG A STRG OF ASSLTS POTENTIALLY LKED TO ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN

SUSPECT IN NYC GAY BAR ATTACKS ARRESTED"[The NYPD] asked me if I had been asslted, and I was like, ‘Gettg dgged is asslt, ’" Tyler Burt, 27, said.

SEVERAL SPECTS CHARGED CONNECTN WH DEADLY DGGGS AND ROBBERI AT N.Y.C. GAY BARS

’" The Boiler Room Manhattan (Google Maps)Burt said he was robbed of more than $25, 000 after beg dgged at the Boiler Room gay bar the East Village last asked about the strg of alleged dgggs and robberi agast gay men, the NYPD nfirmed to Fox News Digal that the "Crim Agast Persons Un, along wh the Manhattan North and South Homici Squads, are jotly workg wh our partners the New York County District Attorney’s Office to vtigate several cints where dividuals have been victims of eher robberi or asslt. Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. The New York Cy Police Department nfirmed Monday that is vtigatg a strg of robberi and asslts that may be nnected to the aths of two gay men earlier this year shortly after they left gay bars Manhattan's Hell's Kchen neighborhood.

His fay prevly told NBC News that approximately $20, 000 had been draed om his bank acunts and that they believed he was Umberger and Jul Ramirez were dgged and killed separate cints followg viss to New York Cy gay Clary / Fay photoAbout a month later, Umberger, a 33-year-old polil nsultant, was found ad after he and two unintified men left another popular Hell's Kchen gay bar, the Q. Several people have been charged nnectn to the aths of two men who thori say were fatally dgged and then robbed after visg gay bars New York Cy last year, acrdg to multiple outlets.

‘ROOFIE ROBBER’ SPREE TURNS ADLY AS 2 KILLED NYC DGGG ATTACKS ON GAY MEN

Umberger, a 33-year-old polil nsultant, and Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker, were both found ad last sprg after visg gay bars the Hell's Kchen neighborhood of N.

Two more parents have e forward to warn New Yorkers about anized crime gangs who are dggg and robbg young men at gay bars Hell’s Kchen and are spected of murrg at least two victims. The NYPD has formed a grand larceny task force to vtigate at least a dozen siar non-fatal s which well-drsed victims were targeted by three men at gay bars, dgged, and robbed of tens of thoands of dollars, after their bank acunts were emptied and cred rds maxed out.

DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE

While most of the venu targeted are gay bars, at least one victim was approached at an Irish pub Greenwich Village. Her son, a Washgton, DC, polil nsultant, was dgged and robbed by three unintified men believed to have targeted him at Eighth Avenue gay nightclub The Q NYC on May 28.

“This same group of killers have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York, ” Clary told The Post. Five weeks earlier, near intil circumstanc, Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, was found ad the back of a taxi on the Lower East Si, an hour after he was seen the pany of three unintified men leavg a gay club on Wt 46th Street, two blocks om The Q NYC, around 3:17 a. To the attacks by the Hell’s Kchen gang, except she says he is not gay and Fiddlticks is not a gay venue.

SEVERAL FACE CHARG KILLGS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED AND ROBBED

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAt first, the men’s aths were treated as overdos, until tens of thoands of dollars were found draed om their bank Umberger was seen leavg the Q nightclub Manhattan, his mother Moon for The New York TimJul Ramirez died the back seat of a taxi April after he left a popular gay bar Manhattan wh a group of men.

They stole his wallet, phone and ID before they abandoned his body the r wh a distrsed month later, John Umberger was found ad an Upper East Si townhoe after he and a group of men left another popular gay bar jt three blocks om the last place Mr. Muny at first regard the aths as isolated dg overdos: men who partied too hard, quotidian tragedi a gay nightlife scene that has roared back to life as the ronavis panmic has the men’s fai soon disvered somethg more sister: Cred rds the men’s nam were maxed out and their bank acunts draed of tens of thoands of dollars. Muny, which emerged om the panmic to the jaws of a monkeypox outbreak, a landspe of stgglg and sometim shuttered bars and an creasgly hostile natnal polil have also spread fear and mor, while startg a broar nversatn about siar attacks that have quietly plagued the cy’s gay nightlife for years.

FIVE MEN WERE CHARGED FOR DGGG AND ROBBG VICTIMS AT GAY BARS, TWO OF WHOM DIED

Umberger were targeted bee they were gay, and they have not said if they believe the men’s aths and other nonfatal attacks are men who said they were dgged have stggled to nvce the police they were the victims of a crime and not jt irrponsible partygoers who took someone home and blacked Alarn, 33, said he was dgged at the Rz March 2020. Umberger, The Tim has spoken to five men who said they were dgged at gay bars the cy — cludg the Eagle, the Boiler Room and the 9th Avenue Saloon — and then robbed.

It is also ed recreatnally by some the gay Burt, 27, was robbed of more than $25, 000 after he was dgged at the Boiler Room the East Village last December. ImageCouncilman Erik Bottcher reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Moon for The New York TimGay bars hold a special place L. Councilman Erik Bottcher — who reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Village — lled “a goln age of nightlife.

Bar Colorado addn, many gay bars are or near Midtown Manhattan, which has been transformed by panmic-era enomic llapse and acts of high-profile street crime.

DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?

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